The difference between sound and music

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What is the difference between sound and music?
What is the basic property of music?
 
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musical sounds have certain frequency ratios with each other.
if A is 400 hz then B is nearly equal to 400*9/8 hz
and C is about 400*81/64 hz or 400*5/4 hz
and D is nearly 400*4/3 hz, etc.
one octave higher A is 800 hz.
 
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